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Box Score (Game Two)
LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – Redshirt sophomore
Nate Fiala and Junior
Cam Voss each delivered complete-game pitching performances for the East Stroudsburg University baseball team on Sunday. The Warriors swept Lock Haven 10-2 and 3-0 in a PSAC East matchup at Watkins Field.
ESU (14-6, 3-1) jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the top of the third inning in game one against the Bald Eagles and saw Fiala record the program's eighth no-hitter all-time in game two. Lock Haven (7-10-1, 1-3) dropped its first home games of the season on Sunday.
Fiala, who recorded four strikeouts and issued one walk in his game two victory, became the first Warrior since
Ian Allen in 2015 to toss a no-hitter. He is the third Warrior pitcher since 2011 to accomplish the feat.
Freshman
Logan Stirr finished the day 4-for-8 at the plate with a pair of doubles and four runs batted in. Stirr also hit his third home run of the season in game one and is tied for the team lead with junior
CJ Lopez. Lopez had a 3-for-6 effort at the plate, while sophomore
Brock Kauffman went 2-for-5 with a double to extend his hitting streak to 18 games for ESU.
Liam McArthur went 2-for-2 from the leadoff spot in game one for the Bald Eagles, while Demetruis Haskins hit a two-run home run and finished 1-for-3 at the plate for Lock Haven. McArthur and Colby Hiddemen were the two Lock Haven players that reached base against Fiala in game two.
Junior
Carson Freeman got the Warriors onto the scoreboard in game one with a double to right field that allowed a pair of runs to score. Leading 3-0 in the top of the third inning, junior
Anthony Torreullas singled to plate Freeman and give ESU a 4-0 advantage. Stirr followed with a single up the middle to increase the Warriors' lead to 6-0.
Kauffman and Torreullas each delivered run-scoring doubles in the top of the fourth inning to increase ESU's lead to 8-2. Stirr would hit his third home run of the season in the top of the fifth inning off a 1-0 pitch to make it 10-2.
Voss (2-0) closed the game on the mound for the Warriors, tossing seven innings and scattering a pair of runs off four hits. He tallied eight strikeouts in a contest for the third time this season.
In game two, Fiala would retire the first seven batters that he faced before hitting a batter with one out in the bottom of the third inning. The Warrior defense would help Fiala work around the one-out baserunner by turning an inning-ending 5-4-3 double-play.
Kauffman would give ESU a 1-0 lead in the top of the third inning with a sacrifice fly to center field that allowed sophomore
Brainy Rojas score from third base. Junior
Joey Paolini doubled the ESU lead with a single in the top of the fourth inning, while Kauffman worked a bases-loaded walk later in the frame to up the Warriors' lead to 3-0.
Fiala started the bottom of the seventh inning with a strikeout before getting a fly-ball to right field for the second out. Lopez would get a ground-ball at shortstop off a 2-2 pitch and make a perfect throw to Stirr at first base to secure the no-hitter for Fiala. The Scranton, Pa. native improved to 3-0 on the season and has allowed just one earned run through 26.2 innings of work.
The Warriors head to Molloy on Wednesday for a non-conference matchup beginning at 4 p.m. before heading to Jefferson on Thursday for a single nine-inning contest against the Rams. ESU is back home on Saturday for a PSAC East doubleheader against Mansfield beginning at 1 p.m.